QUT - Academic profiles - Adjunct Associate Professor Scott Devenish

Dr Scott Devenish is a Fellow of both the Australasian College of Paramedicine and the UK Higher Education Academy. Scott has previously held leadership roles at QUT such as the Paramedicine Program Coordinator and the Director of International Engagement and Recruitment for the School of Clinical Sciences. He has a strong interest international paramedic placements and exchanges. Scott has a diploma in paramedic science, a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in vocational education and a doctorate, which investigated transition to practice (university student to practising paramedic) in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Research Interests

Paramedic Education and Training
Transition to professional paramedic practise
International engagement and student mobility
Australian Military Medicine

scott.devenish@qut.edu.au

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Positions

Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences,
Paramedic Science

Keywords

Professional Socialisation of University Educated Paramedics

Research field

Public health

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Masters in Vocational Education Training (Southern Cross University)

Professional memberships and associations

Fellow, Australasian College of Paramedicine Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Publications

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2024

Drew, P., Devenish, S. & Tippett, V. (2024). Paramedic occupational violence: A qualitative examination of aggressive behaviour during out-of-hospital care. Paramedicine, 21(6), 248–259. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255621

2022

Svensson, A., Bremer, A., Rantala, A., Andersson, H., Devenish, S., Williams, J. & Holmberg, M. (2022). Ambulance clinicians' attitudes to older patients' self-determination when the patient has impaired decision-making ability: A Delphi study. International Journal of Older People Nursing, Article e12423, 17(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213345

2021

Hobbs, L., Devenish, S., Long, D. & Tippett, V. (2021). Facilitators, barriers and motivators of paramedic continuing professional development. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, Article 857, 18. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207448
Drew, P., Tippett, V. & Devenish, S. (2021). Paramedic occupational violence mitigation: a comprehensive systematic review of emergency service worker prevention strategies and experiences for use in prehospital care. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(11), 841–848. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208408

2020

Devenish, S., Rolley, A. & Long, D. (2020). Investigating career intentions of undergraduate paramedic students studying in Queensland, Australia. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, Article 872, 17, 1–6. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206594

2019

Devenish, S., McKay, G., Long, D., Horrocks, P. & Smith, M. (2019). Paramedic students working in snow resort medical clinics: A non-traditional interprofessional clinical placement model. Irish Journal of Paramedicine, 4(1), 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/126808

2018

Long, D., Hobbs, L. & Devenish, S. (2018). Rote learning: The ugly duckling of student paramedic education? Irish Journal of Paramedicine, 3(2), 1–3. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121747
Long, D., Lea, J. & Devenish, S. (2018). The conundrum of defining paramedicine: more than just what paramedics 'do' (Editorial). Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 15(1), 1–2. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115956
Long, D. N., Devenish, S., Tippett, V. & Clark, M. J. (2018). Factors impacting the decision-making processes of qualified paramedics moving to a specialist role in community paramedicine.
Drew, P., Tippett, V. & Devenish, S. (2018). Effectiveness of mitigation interventions on occupational violence against emergency service workers: a mixed methods systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16(5), 1081–1086. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200842

2017

Long, D., Devenish, S., Tippett, V. & Clark, M. (2017). Defining the end-point of transition to a specialist role in community paramedicine: Is feeling 'comfortable' enough? 35. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115623

2016

Devenish, A., Clark, M. & Fleming, M. L. (2016). Experiences in becoming a paramedic: The professional socialization of university qualified paramedics. Creative Education, 7(6), 786–801. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95463
Long, D., Clark, M., Lim, D. & Devenish, S. (2016). What's in a name? The confusion in nomenclature of low-acuity specialist roles in paramedicine [Commentary]. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 13(3), 1–2. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/133984
Devenish, S. (2016). Developing a research culture in paramedic practice (Editorial). Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 13(4), 1–2. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/101462
Long, D. N., Clark, M., Lim, D. & Devenish, S. (2016). What’s in a name? The confusion in nomenclature of low-acuity specialist roles in paramedicine. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 13(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207447

A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/scott.devenish

Adjunct Associate ProfessorScott Devenish

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